CM 380 Critical Cultural Studies

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Critical Cultural StudiesHistory of Modern Music from Critical Cultural Perspective*Watch for terms such as "acceptable" and "nonthreatening"Hispanic/LatinosLBGT Representations1950s1960s: Motown1970s:Origins of Rap/Hip Hop: Video clipUses and GratificationMedia EffectsCritical Cultural Studies*Look for Hegemony (co-opting an other's culture)Spiral of SilenceKilling Us Softly: Jean Kilbourne*Oppressed group becomes more oppressed when they speak outhttp://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/weekend-update-ll-cool-j-and-brad-paisley/n35546/To the man that waited on me at the Starbucks down on Main, I hope you understandWhen I put on that t-shirt, the only thing I meant to say is I'm a Skynyrd fanThe red flag on my chest somehow is like the elephant in the corner of the southAnd I just walked him right in the roomJust a proud rebel son with an 'ol can of wormsLookin' like I got a lot to learn but from my point of view

I'm just a white man comin' to you from the southlandTryin' to understand what it's like not to beI'm proud of where I'm from but not everything we've doneAnd it ain't like you and me can re-write historyOur generation didn't start this nationWe're still pickin' up the pieces, walkin' on eggshells, fightin' over yesterdayAnd caught between southern pride and southern blame

They called it Reconstruction, fixed the buildings, dried some tearsWe're still siftin' through the rubble after a hundred-fifty yearsI try to put myself in your shoes and that's a good place to beginBut it ain't like I can walk a mile in someone else's skin

Dear Mr. White Man, I wish you understoodWhat the world is really like when you're livin' in the hoodJust because my pants are saggin' doesn't mean I'm up to no goodYou should try to get to know me, I really wish you wouldNow my chains are gold but I'm still misunderstoodI wasn't there when Sherman's March turned the south into firewoodI want you to get paid but be a slave I never couldFeel like a new fangled Django, dodgin' invisible white hoodsSo when I see that white cowboy hat, I'm thinkin' it's not all goodI guess we're both guilty of judgin' the cover not the bookI'd love to buy you a beer, conversate and clear the airBut I see that red flag and I think you wish I wasn't here

I'm just a white man(If you don't judge my do-rag)Comin' to you from the southland(I won't judge your red flag)Tryin' to understand what it's like not to beI'm proud of where I'm from(If you don't judge my gold chains)But not everything we've done(I'll forget the iron chains)It ain't like you and me can re-write history(Can't re-write history baby)

Oh, Dixieland(The relationship between the Mason-Dixon needs some fixin')I hope you understand what this is all about(Quite frankly I'm a black Yankee but I've been thinkin' about this lately)I'm a son of the new south(The past is the past, you feel me)And I just want to make things right(Let bygones be bygones)Where all that's left is southern pride(RIP Robert E. Lee but I've gotta thank Abraham Lincoln for freeing me, know what I mean)It's real, it's realIt's truth

Tool Belt: Cultural StudiesOfficially sanctioned by the Seminole Tribe of FloridaOpponents also see this argument as a false equivalency because it ignores systemic inequality and serves to discount the Native American voice by saying that if one group isn't hurt by a particular portrayal, then no group has the right to be hurt, regardless of vastly different backgrounds, treatment, and social positionsA 2013 USA Today poll found widespread support for the Redskins name. The poll indicated that 79 percent of Americans believed that the Redskins should keep their name.A 2002 poll commissioned by Sports Illustrated found that 75% of those American Indians surveyed had no objection to the Redskins name*Note: importance of understanding culture and historyFighting Irish or Ragin' Cajuns MascotsImages of WomenCBS This Morning: Taking StockBrad Paisley feat. L. L. Cool J: Accidental Racisthttp://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/2sml1x/-accidental-racist--songThe high court’s 6-2 decision upheld a voter-approved change to the Michigan Constitution in 2006 that forbids the state's public colleges to make race, gender, ethnicity or national origin a factor in college admissions.At UCLA, African American freshmen from California represented 7.1% of the class in 1995, declined to 3.5% three years later, and constituted 4.9% this year.At UC Berkeley, in-state African Americans made up 6.3% of freshmen in 1995, 3.6% in 1998 and 3.8% this year.

The in-state Latino share of UCLA's freshmen was 21.5% in 1995, dropped to 10.4% by 1998 and has climbed to 25.8% this year, UC records show. Berkeley's Latinos from California went from 15.5% of freshmen to 7.3% after the proposition went fully into effect and is up to 17% this year.(LA Times, 2014)

In a vehement dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor faulted her colleagues for what she said was their "refusal to accept the stark reality that race matters."Last week's Supreme Court Ruling on affirmative action:Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., concluded "that racial preferences may themselves have the debilitating effect of reinforcing precisely that doubt [that minority students sometimes feel about themselves] and — if so — that the preferences do more harm than good."Chuck BerryElvis Presley*Example of HegenomyStatistics before and after California's ban on affirmative action admissionArticle in BU Today about microaggressions"When Words Are Unwittingly Racist or Sexist"o